Lost Lisbon :: Cais House — Hotel in Lisbon

Español:||||Me aloje en este hotel en Octubre 2017.||||Aspectos positivos:||||• La atención del personal es excelente. Rodrigo me mostro la habitación donde iba a estar, el comedor y los baños y me dio todas las indicaciones que necesitaba. Luego, de noche había otra recepcionista que fue muy amable y atenta también. Llamo un taxi para que pase por mi y me lleve al aeropuerto a la madrugada. Ademas, ella sirve el desayuno.||||• El desayuno era excelente e inmejorable. En primer lugar, es autoservicio y además no tiene horario. Es decir, tenes cereales, fruta, café, leche, te, yogurt, jugo de naranja, jamon, queso, manteca, dulce de membrillo casero y no casero a toda hora y en cualquier momento, excepto cuando cierra la administración, que es a las 00hs aproximadamente. La única diferencia es que durante la mañana, a las 8 de la mañana, servían pan fresco. Pero después durante el dia, podes comer cuando quieras. Yo aprovechaba y me llevaba comida para el viaje.||||• Las habitaciones del hotel son bastante grandes. En mi caso, me aloje en una habitación individual, en la cual tenia 2 camas, un escritorio con silla, espejo, un ventanal enorme con cortina, mesita de luz bastante grande con velador, perchero. Ademas, la habitación tenia dibujos pintados en las paredes, que le daban un toque mas pintoresco. Cada habitacion no tiene un numero, sino un nombre. ||||• La zona de las habitaciones tiene una sala comun con ventanales grandes que dan para la calle sobre la cual se encuentra el hotel. En la sala común, tenes varios veladores que iluminan todo de noche, una mesa con sillas, biblioteca llena de libros en varios idiomas, hasta sillones con almohadones y hasta una pecera. Parece mas el living de una casa que el living de un hotel.||||• Para entrar al comedor, que da a las habitaciones, tenes que entrar con una contraseña, lo cual da seguridad, ya que no cualquiera puede entrar.||||• Para entrar al hotel, también tenes que poner una contraseña, lo cual te permite entrar a cualquier hora, ya que no hay recepción 24hs y además, en caso de que pierdas la llave, vas a poder entrar al hotel igual.||||• El sector de las habitaciones tiene 3 baños grandes, con ducha, inodoro y una pileta grande. Si bien lo baños son individuales, hay 3 baños, con lo cual es difícil que tengas que quedarte esperando para ir al baño. La ducha es excelente, podes regularla para que la lluvia salga tanto de arriba como de la canilla de abajo como del medio.||• La ubicación del hotel es excelente, esta cerca de la plaza de comercio, cerca del centro de Lisboa, cerca de donde se lleva a cabo la vida nocturna, cerca de la estación de trenes de la plaza del comercio, que desde ahí podes llegar hasta el aeropuerto y viceversa, asi como también tomar el tren hasta Belem, Cascais, Parque de Las Naciones y las ciudades costeras de Lisboa. En caso de querer ir a Sintra, podes tomarte un tren ahí y hacer combinación con otro tren mas arriba que te lleva a Sintra. ||• Tambien el hotel esta cerca del puerto en el cual salen los barcos que te cruzan a las zonas que se encuentran enfrente del centro de Lisboa ( Cacilhas ( donde esta el cristo) , etc.).||||• Tambien el hotel esta cerca del mercado da Riveria Nova, donde podes encontrar comida de todo tipo, tanto de dia como de noche.||||||Aspectos negativos:||||• La entrada del hotel es oscura, especialmente de noche. Pienso que deberían poner un poco de iluminación en esa zona.||||• El hotel no tiene ascensor, sin embargo las escaleras son anchas y bastante grandes, con lo cual no hay problema en subir grandes equipajes.||||Conclusion:||||Sin ningún lugar a dudas, volveria a alojarme en este hotel. Principalmente, por la ubicación, la comida y la atención del personal, factores que son importantes a la hora de evaluar donde alojarte cómodamente.||||English:||||I stayed at this hotel in October 2017.||||Positive aspects:||||• The attention of the staff is excellent. Rodrigo showed me the room where i was going to be, the dining room and the bathrooms and gave me all the instructions i needed. Then, at night there was another receptionist who was very kind and attentive as well. She called a taxi to pass by me and take me to the airport at dawn. In addition, she serves breakfast.||||• Breakfast was excellent and unbeatable. First, it is self-service and also has no schedule. That is, you have cereals, fruit, coffee, milk, tea, yogurt, orange juice, ham, cheese, butter, homemade quince jam and not homemade at any time, except when the administration closes, which is a approximately 00hs The only difference is that during the morning, at 8 AM, they served fresh bread. But later during the day, you can eat whenever you want. I took advantage and took food for the trip.||||• The hotel rooms are quite large. In my case, I stayed in a single room, in which I had 2 beds, a desk with a chair, a mirror, a huge window with a curtain, a large enough table with a lamp, a clothes rack. In addition, the room had drawings painted on the walls, which gave it a more picturesque touch. Each room does not have a number, but a name.||||• The area of the rooms has a common room with large windows that overlook the street on which the hotel is located. In the common room, you have several table lamps that illuminate everything at night, a table with chairs, a library full of books in several languages, even armchairs with cushions and even a fish tank. It seems more the living room of a house than the living room of a hotel.||||• To enter the dining room, which leads to the rooms, you have to enter with a password, which gives security, since not everyone can enter.||||• To enter the hotel, you also have to enter a password, which allows you to enter at any time, since there is no 24-hour reception and, in case you lose the key, you will be able to enter the hotel as well.||||• The room sector has 3 large bathrooms, with shower, toilet and a large sink. While the bathrooms are individual, there are 3 bathrooms, which is difficult to have to wait to go to the bathroom. The shower is excellent, you can regulate it so that the rain comes out both from above and from the tap below as from the middle.||• The location of the hotel is excellent, it is close to the shopping plaza, near the center of Lisbon, near where the nightlife takes place, near the train station of the Plaza del Comercio, which you can reach from there to the airport and vice versa, as well as taking the train to Belem, Cascais, Parque das Nacoes and the coastal cities of Lisbon. In case you want to go to Sintra, you can take a train there and make a combination with another train higher that takes you to Sintra.||• Also the hotel is close to the port where the boats cross to the areas that are in front of the center of Lisbon (Cacilhas (where the Christ is), etc.).||||• Also the hotel is close to the Riveria Nova market, where you can find food of all kinds, both day and night.||||||Negative aspects:||||• The hotel entrance is dark, especially at night. I think they should put some lighting in that area.||||• The hotel does not have an elevator, however the stairs are wide and quite large, so there is no problem in loading large luggage.||||Conclusion:||||Without a doubt, I would stay at this hotel again. Mainly because of the location, the food and the attention of the staff, factors that are important when evaluating where to stay...

I am very conflicted about this place. ||The good:|-The overal design is really nicely done, not just the common space but also the bedrooms, hallways and all little corners are touched. |-The staff is very friendly and greets you well. The evening staff very talkative and helpful. |-the kitchen is well staffed to help you make any meal you want|-the breakfast is good and the coffee and bread,juice available the whole day |-spacious rooms and decent bed |-overall cleanliness good |-perfect location ||The bad |-I didn't mind the seperate bathroom but some might.|The bathrooms are clean but not sweeped dayly as we saw sand lying in two of them for more than 2 days. |-for a 4 night stay I expected clean towels or at least a tough up of the bed? |-it was extremely hot in Lissabon (45) and that's not the hotels fault but the lack of a ceiling fan in the common room is weird to me. This is easy and cheap to have in a country with hot summers (now very unbearable)|-the buildings is old so you will hear people walk next and up |-no airconditioning and because we were next to the busy road with bars we had to sleep with the window closed (very hot and no fresh air as a result) |-bedlinnen in ikea bags for more than 2 days in the hallways ||We met great people and had fun here, but we slept bad. Partly of the weather but partly of the lack of the building. Wouldn't advise against coming here though! We had fun and enjoyed the...

First about the pros. Very good location, near the embankment, central square, public transport stop, market, pink street. The common area is very spacious and beautiful with designer trinkets. Breakfast is self-service, but there is enough of everything. There are eggs, sausages, bacon, tomatoes, fruits, muesli, coffee, tea. But the room itself is not very cozy, completely empty and boring. There is nothing in it except a bed, a shelf, a sofa and a noticeable hanger. The bathroom and toilet are private but through a common corridor. It is difficult to find pros here, it is inconvenient, all the time running with the keys to the toilet and back. But the worst thing is to return in the evening. All three days on the street in front of the entrance there was a terrible stench. Someone was relieving himself. In the entrance itself in the evening there are a lot of huge...